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Ezekiel 19:1–3

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A Lament for the Princes of Israel

1“As for you, take up a alamentation for the bprinces of Israel

2and say,

‘1What was your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among young lions;

She reared her cubs.

3‘So she brought up one of her cubs;

He became a lion,

And he learned to tear his prey;

He devoured men.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or Why did your mother, a lioness, lie down among lions; among young lions rear her cubs?

Cross references

  1. aEzek 2:10; 19:14
  2. b2 Kin 23:29, 30, 34; 24:6, 12; 25:5–7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, and say:

What was your mother? A lioness!

Among lions she crouched;

in the midst of young lions

she reared her cubs.

And she brought up one of her cubs;

he became a young lion,

and he learned to catch prey;

he devoured men.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Take up a lament concerning the princes of Israel and say:

“ ‘What a lioness was your mother

among the lions!

She lay down among them

and reared her cubs.

She brought up one of her cubs,

and he became a strong lion.

He learned to tear the prey

and he became a man-eater.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“As for you, take up a lament for the princes of Israel, and say:

What was your mother? A lioness!

She lay down among the lions;

she reared her cubs among the young lions.

She brought up one of her cubs,

and he became a young lion.

After he learned to tear prey,

he devoured people.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Sing this funeral song for the princes of Israel:

“What is your mother?

A lioness among lions!

She lay down among the young lions

and reared her cubs.

She raised one of her cubs

to become a strong young lion.

He learned to hunt and devour prey,

and he became a man-eater.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“And you, raise a lament about the leaders of Israel, and you must say,

‘What a lioness was your mother

among the lions.

She lay down in the midst of young lions,

and she reared her lion cubs.

And she raised up one from her cubs;

he became a fierce lion,

and he learned to tear prey;

he ate humans.

KJV 1900King James Version

Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men.